Gamer in Exile

I’ve almost finished painting the TD aircraft which I’ve purchased. These aircraft have all been highlighted. Earlier cammo aircraft which I painted were not highlighted and came out a bit dark.
Right now I have Mig21s, SU7s and some F105 Starfighter’s to paint.

I have finished some more India-Pakistan conflict (1965 and 1971) 1/600th aircraft models. I haven’t started on squadron markings. These models just have the country roundels.
The airframe of the Vampire was wooden (so Dom Skelton tells me) but images of the aircraft look silver.
I think the Starfighter is one of the most beautiful fighters I’ve [...]

Rare earth magnets are useful in Wargaming for storage of figures. I used rare earth magnets here to attach 1/600th aircraft to flight stands. They are also useful for storing these aircraft.

PAF F86 Sabres in natural silver. Many of the aircraft of the 1965 and 1971 wars were in silver.

I visited the Tripples show in Sheffield in April where I played a participation game put on by Phil Gray, the Fatman (he likes to be addressed this way!) and Dom Skelton (of Dom’s decals). The subject of the game was the India-Pakistan wars of 1965 and 1971. The game was played with 1/600th aircraft [...]

In this War Blog I will detail my modeling projects and any other Wargaming related activity.